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Posterior tracheal wall leading to life-threatening obstruction of tracheostomy tube
Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2013 This is a case report of a 28-year-old male patient with severe traumatic brain injury and Glasgow coma scale score = 8: E2 M5 V T , who required a tracheotomy for airway protection.
Sanjay Singhal, S Kiran, Avinash Das
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Isolated congenital tracheal stenosis in a preterm newborn [PDF]
, 2011 Severe tracheal stenosis, resulting in functional atresia of the trachea is a rare congenital malformation with an estimated occurrence of two in 100,000 newborns.
Ulrich Krause +2 more
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Head &Neck, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate predictors of postoperative and functional outcomes following salvage oropharyngectomy. Methods In this single‐center retrospective study, we included all patients who underwent an oropharyngectomy in an irradiated neck for recurrent or metachronous cancer between 2014 and 2023. Results We included 94 patients.
Jade Saykaly +7 more
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Best practices for emergency surgical airway: A systematic review
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2019 Objective In the case of an emergency surgical airway, current guidelines state that surgical cricothyrotomy is preferable to tracheotomy. However, complications associated with emergency cricothyrotomy may be more frequent and severe.
Elliana K. DeVore +3 more
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BMC Neurology, 2019 Objective Patients with severe brain injury is usual at high risk of extubation failure, despite of those with no/minor primary respiratory problem, majority of them still needs long term respiratory support and has severe pulmonary complications.
Meiling Dong +5 more
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Early pneumonia and timing of antibiotic therapy in patients after nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: While early pneumonia is common in patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), little is known about the impact of pneumonia and the optimal timing of antibiotic therapy after OHCA.
Alexander Becker +8 more
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Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Background Nursing and healthcare‐associated pneumonia (NHCAP) is defined as pneumonia occurring in individuals with frequent healthcare contact, such as residents of care facilities or patients with impaired activities of daily living. The effectiveness of broad‐spectrum antibiotics in treating NHCAP remains unclear.
Jumpei Taniguchi +4 more
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Attitudes Toward Assisted Suicide and Life-Prolonging Measures in Swiss ALS Patients and Their Caregivers [PDF]
, 2012 Objectives: In Switzerland, assisted suicide (AS) is legal, provided that the person seeking assistance has decisional capacity and the person assisting is not motivated by reasons of self-interest.
Markus Weber +3 more
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Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a frequent and costly cause of pediatric emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. Previous prognostic tools for CAP are limited by small samples, single‐center or retrospective designs, lack of generalizability to ED settings, lack of biomarkers, or limited objective data.
Todd A. Florin +21 more
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Cervical anaerobic vertebral osteomyelitis following surgical tracheotomy: a case report
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background We report a rare case of anaerobic vertebral osteomyelitis associated with surgical tracheotomy which has never been reported to the best of our knowledge. Case presentation A healthy 39-year-old man was admitted to intensive care for a severe
Romaric Larcher +6 more
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